A ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists seeking to breach Israel's naval blockade on Gaza has been seized shortly after being approached by Israeli vessels. "The Estelle is now under attack - I have just had a message from them by phone," Victoria Strand, a Stockholm-based spokeswoman for the Ship to Gaza Sweden campaign said on Saturday (Oct 20). According to Dror Feiler, another spokesperson, the SV Estelle, whose passengers included five parliamentarians from Europe and a former Canadian politician, was boarded at around 08:15 GMT. The Estelle, the latest ship to try to break Israel's blockade on Gaza as part of the "Freedom Flotilla" movement, had set sail from Naples in southern Italy. The Estelle, whose voyage was organized by an international pro-Palestinian coalition, was carrying humanitarian goods such as cement and books to the Gaza Strip. There were 30 activists from around the world on board, including passengers and crew from Canada, Israel, Norway, Sweden and the US. (References for text: Agencies via Al Jazeera. Photo: Estelle @ Twitter)